Young unmarried ladies may use separate cards, or may have their names added to their mother's, thus:
MRS. JOSEPH BANKS. MISS LUCY BANKS.
Leave-taking cards have P. P. C. (pour prendre conge) written in the right-hand corner.
Wedding cards are in the best taste when perfectly simple.
It is a breach of etiquette to leave a card after being informed that the person visited is at home.
When you have been informed of an important event in the family of a friend-a birth, a marriage, or a death-if you are unable to offer personal congratulation or condolence, you may leave a card within a week.
If you reside in another city, you may send your card by post, with the word "felicitation" under the name. A mournful event calls for a letter.
A card left for two or more members of the same family must have a corner turned down.
A card with a photograph portrait upon it, though to a certain extent fashionable, is a vulgarism that can never obtain general favor. If you are a gentleman, your visage may be reserved by the chambermaid, to exhibit as "one of her beaux," and no lady, surely, would ever display her face on a visiting card.
Gentlemen presenting flowers or other gifts to ladies should always attach a card, and over the name write, "With compliments of."